爱荷华州教育厅开放学校营养教育补助申请：单项5000至14500美元，12月3日截止，面向中学与课后项目
美国爱荷华州教育厅10月26日宣布，参加国家学校午餐计划的学校可申请一项新的竞争性补助，用于营养教育并在校园餐食中扩大使用符合《美国膳食指南》的新鲜食物；申请提案受理至12月3日。
这项名为「学生与学校营养专业人员营养教育」的补助由州教育厅Team Nutrition项目主办，单个补助金额为5000至14500美元，对象为中学生及课后项目学生，目标是增加新鲜水果、蔬菜、现做菜品等在国家学校午餐计划与学校早餐计划中的使用。该补助资金来自美国农业部的一项Team Nutrition拨款。
申请学校须承诺落实至少一个补助组成部分：为中学生提供营养教育课程与试吃活动；开展学校营养专业人员培训与学生参与活动，提高校园餐食营养质量；或为参加国家学校午餐计划课后零食项目的学生提供营养教育课程与试吃。州教育厅已备好可直接使用的中学与课后营养教育课程概览。
州教育厅营养与健康服务局Team Nutrition项目主任Christine Crow表示，营养教育结合学校里的健康菜单，能对学生的发展、整体学习与终身健康习惯产生重要影响。申请多个组成部分的学校将获优先考虑；承诺提供至少五节中学或五节课后营养教育课、或免费及减价餐学生比例超过五成的学校也将获优先。申请材料通过IowaGrants系统提交，疑问可在11月6日前经该系统提问。
Iowa Department of Education Opens Nutrition Education Subgrants: $5,000 to $14,500 Per Award, Applications Due December 3
The Iowa Department of Education announced on October 26 that schools participating in the National School Lunch Program are invited to apply for a new competitive subgrant supporting nutrition education and expanded use of fresh foods that align with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans in school meals. Subgrant proposals will be accepted through December 3.
Sponsored by the department's Team Nutrition program, the Students and School Nutrition Professional Nutrition Education opportunity will provide subgrants ranging from $5,000 to $14,500, targeting middle school and afterschool students and increasing the use of fresh fruits, vegetables, scratch-made menu items and other foods served in the National School Lunch Program and the National School Breakfast Program. The opportunity is funded through a Team Nutrition grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
To be eligible, schools must commit to implementing at least one component: providing nutrition education lessons and taste tests to middle school students; engaging in school nutrition professional training and student engagement to improve the nutritional quality of school meals; or providing nutrition education lessons and taste tests to students in the National School Lunch Program's Afterschool Snack Program. Iowa's Team Nutrition has created lesson overviews schools can use.
"The Students and School Nutrition Professional Nutrition Education subgrant is an excellent opportunity for schools to shine a spotlight on nutrition and healthy eating habits for our young people," said Christine Crow, Team Nutrition project director for the department's Bureau of Nutrition and Health Services. "Nutrition education coupled with access to healthy menu items at school can make a big difference in a student's development, overall learning and lifelong healthy habits." Preference will be given to schools applying to implement multiple components, and to schools committing to at least five middle school or afterschool lessons or with more than 50% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price meals. Applications are submitted through IowaGrants, with questions due through the system by November 6.
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图片来源：小学生品尝学校推出的新餐食（资料图）。美国农业部照片，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Fifth graders taste new school foods (file photo). USDA photo, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
